Fence



(No Model.)

'W. M. TIP-TON.

FENCE. No. 390,268. Patented Oct. 2, 1888.

v UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE;

WILLIAM MORTON TIP'ION, OF OYRENE, MISSOURI.

FENCE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 390,268, dated October2, 1888.

Application filed May 13, 1887. Serial No. 23d,129. (No model.)

To all whom, it may concern:

Be it known that I, WILLIAM MORTON TIP- TON, a citizen of the UnitedStates, residing at Cyrene, in the county of Pike and State of Missouri,have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Fences; and I dodeclare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of theinvention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which itappertains to make and use the same, reference being had to theaccompanying drawings, and to the let ters and figures of referencemarked thereon, which form a part of this specification.

The invention relates to improvements in fences; and it consists in theconstruction and novel combination of parts hereinafterdescribed,illustrated in the drawings,aud pointed out in the appendedclaim.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 represents a view of one side ofa portion of a fence embodying the invention. Fig. 2 represents a viewof a portion of the opposite side of the same.

Referring to the drawings by letters, A designates one of thefence-posts of asingle thin piece having two opposite flat sides, andprovided at a suitable point near its bottom with the similar oppositeoffsets, a a, standing outward from its edges on each side, the loweredges of which offsets are at right angles to the axis of the post. Theedges of the point a of the post below the offsets converge at equalangles and come to a point in the axis of the posts. The opposite edgesof the post are provided with the pairs of non-aligned notches a for apurpose hereinafter explained. The post may be either of wood or iron,and should the latter be used it should be galvanized.

B B are the rails, made, preferably, of galvanized plate-iron andprovided at points adjoining the posts with the non-aligned openings bb, which register with the notches a of the adjacent post-edges.

G O are wires, the ends of which are passed through the pairs ofnon-aligned notches a, and through the corresponding slots, 11 b, andare bent down on the outer surfaces of the rails, thus binding the railsfirmly to the posts.

The fence as described is simple of construetion,can be easily andquickly put up and taken down, and is not likely to be broken or get outof repair, as it consists of three sets of parts that they shall restthereon, and, having their lower edges at right angles to the axis ofthe posts, they will support the latter in a vertical position. It willthus be seen that the fence is composed of three parts, which are theposts pointed at their lower ends, so that they can be quickly driveninto the ground, and provided with the integral offsets a in the line ofthe fencing, and the series of notches a which do not register onopposite sides, the rails provided with non-registering slots near theirends, and the bent wires connecting the rails to the posts.

I am aware that rails have been secured to the flat surfaces of posts bywires, and that offsets in the line of direction of fencing have beensecured to posts, and such I do not claim, broadly.

Having described my invention, I OIQJIIIM The herein described fence,composed of three parts, which are the flat wide posts having theoffsets a, which stand in the line of fencing, the pointed lower ends,a, by means of which they can be easily driven into the ground up tosaid offsets, and the non-registering series of notches (din their edgesabove the offsets, the flat rails B, having the nonaligned slots b bnear their ends, which slots register with the corresponding notches ofadjoining posts, and the bindingwires 0, having their ends passedthrough the pairs of nonaligned notches and registering slots, and bentdownward toward each other on the outer surfaces of the rails,substantially as specified.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

\VILLIAM MORTON TIP'ION.

Witnesses:

PIKE LINDSEY, W. E. WIA'IT.

